Hi All,
The Kent County Bird Club will be making our annual winter trek to Ocean
City on Saturday, 24 January. We will be searching for local specialties
including sea ducks and other wintering waterfowl, loons, and gulls, and
shorebirds, featuring Purple Sandpipers, oystercatchers and turnstones.
Recent sightings from the area include Little Gull, King Eider, Eared
Grebe, and some inshore alcid sightings.
We will meet local folks traveling with us to the shore at 8:00 AM at
the Dollar General Store parking lot between Spring St. and
Philosopher's Terrace. Others wishing to meet us en route may look for
us at the commuter parking lot at the intersection of US. 50 and MD-404
near Wye Mills at 8:45 AM. Please give us a call so we can make
arrangements with with you if you wish to meet us down there or at Ocean
City. You should bring a lunch, and we suggest wearing layers of warm
clothing, that can be shed or donned as the need arises; the maritime
climate, with its onshore breezes and humidity, can make even a mild day
seem chilly.
Good birding,
Walter Ellison & Nancy Martin
23460 Clarissa Rd
Chestertown, MD 21620
phone: 410-778-9568
e-mail: rossgull(AT)baybroadband.net
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